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exemption certificate

 
 
noun [C] TAX

Definition

an official document that gives someone special permission not to do or pay something: a medical/tax exemption certificate The Revenue should have discretion to grant exemption certificates to building subcontractors where a company has become insolvent for bona fide reasons.
(Definition of exemption certificate noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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